WEBVTT PSUPERINTENDENT. PAND TODAY WAS HER FIRST DAY ON PTHE JOB. P>> IF GIVEN THE CHOICE TO GO PANYWHERE, IN ANY DISTRICT, I'D PCHOOSE BENTONVILLE PREPORTER: DR. JONES HAS BEEN THE PINTERIM LEADER FOR THE DISTRICT PSINCE JUNE, WHEN MICHAEL POORE PLEFT FOR THE SAME JOB IN LITTLE PROCK. PJONES SAYS IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO PBE WITH A DISTRICT LEADERSHIP PTEAM THAT'S SO DRIVEN TO RAISE PTHE BAR. P>> AS EXCEPTIONAL AS BENTONVILLE PIS, THEY'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH PTHE STATUS QUO. PTHEY ARE DIRECTED TOWARDS PGROWTH. PHOW CAN WE GET BETTER? PAND THAT'S SO REFRESHING TO BE A PPART OF THAT. PREPORTER: AND HIGHLIGHTS PARENT PINVOLVEMENT AS A KEY FACTOR FOR PTHEIR STUDENTS' SUCCESS. P>> THEY'RE TRULY ENGAGED AND PTHEY TRULY CARE ABOUT THEIR PSTUDENT'S PERFORMANCE, AND PWHETHER THAT BE ACADEMICALLY, OR PATHLETICALLY, OR IN THE ARTS, PTHEY'RE THERE AND THEY'RE PPRESENT AND THEY'RE CONCERNED PABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF THEIR PSTUDENTS. PREPORTER: BUT JONES ALSO SEES PCHALLENGES AHEAD WHEN IT COMES PTO GROWTH AND MAKING SURE PTHERE'S ROOM FOR THE SURGE OF PSTUDENTS AND THAT THERE'S POPTIONS FOR STUDENTS AFTER PGRADUATION. P>> WE WANT STUDENTS PREPARED TO PGO INTO A CAREER FIELD, WHETHER PTHAT'S A FOUR YEAR DEGREE, PWHETHER THAT IS A CERTIFICATION, PWE WANT THEM TO WALK OUT OF OUR PDOORS PREPARED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. PREPORTER: SHE'S ALSO WEIGHED IN PON THE CONTROVERSIAL TRANSGENDER PBATHROOM POLICY DEBATE. P>> THAT'S A LEGAL ISSUE THAT'S PSTILL UNRESOLVED AT THIS POINT. PWE ARE WELL AWARE OF ISSUES, I PWILL SAY, IN THE END, ALL OF OUR PSTUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PWILL BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND PTHEY WILL RECEIVE THE BEST PEDUCATION POSSIBLE IN THE PBENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. PAND AS FAR AS THE LEGAL END, WE PWILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE LAW PAND WE WILL WATCH HOW THAT LEGAL PISSUE IS RESOLVED. PREPORTER: RIGHT NOW SHE'S PFOCUSED ON GETTING TO KNOW THE PDISTRICT'S LEADERSHIP AND IS PLOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW PSCHOOL YEAR AHEAD. P>> I DON'T FEEL ALONE. PAND THAT'S THE BEST SURPRISE PABOUT THIS JOB. PI HAVE A GREAT TEAM. PWE HAVE SOME OF THE MOST PTHOUGHTFUL AND KNOWLEDGEABLE PLEADERS IN THIS DISTRICT JUST